Verituner Update

[David Ilvedson]

Leading question Counselor...

David I.

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On 2/21/01 at 4:23 PM John M. Formsma wrote:

>Dave Carpenter wrote:
>
><<There are a multitude of other note sequences that could be used that may
>give the tuning calculator a better idea of the inharmonicity earlier on in
>the tuning process. One easy example might be: A4, A3, A3-up, A3-down. Of
>course the extreme case is to tune the piano twice. Many tuners regularly
>do
>this anyway. In this case, the entire inharmonicity picture is known before
>you start, for every note, and an incredibly smooth tuning can be
>calculated. Since the Verituner can save these measurements for later use,
>you can recall these measurements on repeat tunings and get a similar
>effect.>>
>
>Based upon what you have written above, and in your earlier post, I assume
>that one could get a quite good tuning by measuring/tuning all the A's, the
>notes around the bass break, and/or the high inharmonicity strings in small
>scale pianos (such as the Acrosonic where the plain wire strings start).
>Measuring the inharmonicity of these would give more information for
>calculations. Correct?
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Formsma
>Blue Mountain, MS
>
>mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com

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